Surah Muhammad · Ayah 24·Madanī

24

أَفَلَا أَمْ عَلَىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 7 words

Rarest here: ق-ف-ل — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Iẓhār1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

7 words · 34 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 24 of 38

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 84:21 · Al-Inshiqaaqvery close

    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ

    And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?

  • Quran 4:82 · An-Nisaavery close

    أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَٰفًا كَثِيرًا

    Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.

  • Quran 84:20 · Al-Inshiqaaqvery close

    فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

  • Quran 2:88 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.

  • Quran 24:50 · An-Noorclose

    أَفِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرْتَابُوٓا۟ أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ بَلْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

  • Quran 16:108 · An-Nahlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

    Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allah has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • An-Nisaa 4:822 shared roots

    أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَٰفًا كَثِيرًا

    د-ب-رق-ر-أ

  • Al-Israa 17:463 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا

    د-ب-رق-ر-أق-ل-ب

  • Al-Maaida 5:212 shared roots

    يَٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    د-ب-رق-ل-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 47:24?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 47:24 include Quran 84:21 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 4:82 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 84:20 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), and Quran 2:88 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 84:21 reads: “And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 47:24 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 47:24 (Surah Muhammad, Muhammad) reads: “Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?”

Which surah is verse 47:24 in?

Quran 47:24 is āyah 24 of Surah Muhammad (Muhammad), chapter 47 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 38 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 47:24?

Tartīl presents Quran 47:24 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.